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Football for the Goals Founder Sees His Idea Play Out in Kariobangi
The man who conceived Football for the Goals at UN Headquarters in New York came face to face with his idea in action in Nairobi, watching young people bring it to life on the pitch in Kariobangi. Maher Nasser, Director of the Outreach Division at the UN Department of Global Communications, joined the Simama Amani Mtaani...
Nearly a million Kenyan households face food insecurity as El Niño approaches
Close to a million households across six Kenyan counties are facing food insecurity as the country braces for an El Niño event expected to bring above-average rainfall from October.The counties affected are Baringo, Garissa, Makueni, Mandera, Tana River and Wajir.
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Extreme heat making pregnancy a ‘new fault line’ in climate crisis
Pregnancy and childbirth have become a “new fault line in the global climate crisis” as extreme heat worsens, the head of the UN climate action body (UNFCCC) warned on Monday, calling for maternal and newborn health to be built into countries’ climate plans.
Sudan: Driver killed in aerial attack on aid trucks in South Kordofan
The World Food Programme (WFP) has strongly condemned a deadly airstrike on two clearly marked aid trucks in South Kordofan, Sudan, this past weekend.
Uganda’s UN-supported wildlife forensics lab turns ivory seizures into convictions
The package originated in Entebbe, Uganda, bound for Cairo, containing 10 kilograms of thumb-sized pieces that could have been either bone or elephant ivory.
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